Trinity Properties Celebrates the Grand Opening of San Francisco’s
Newest Public Art Space, Piazza Angelo, and its 92-Foot Centerpiece, Venus

Legendary Singer Frankie Avalon Commemorates the Occasion with A
Performance of His Classic Hit “Venus”

May 19, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN FRANCISCO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Trinity Properties, one of San Francisco’s leading residential real
estate developers and a pioneer in the revitalization of the Mid-Market
area, celebrated the public opening of Piazza Angelo, a one-acre public
piazza honoring developer and donor Angelo Sangiacomo and located in the
heart of Trinity Place, a 1,900-unit apartment complex on 8th
Street between Market and Mission streets. The piazza will serve as the
permanent home of a singular collection of sculptural art designed by
renowned artist Lawrence Argent, including the spectacular 92-foot
stainless steel sculpture Venus, which is only slightly shorter
than the Statue of Liberty (111.5 feet from heel to crown).

“Angelo loved San
Francisco and knew that the Mid-Market area had the potential to return
to the grandeur of its heyday. This was his final project, and a very
personal one. It’s a great honor to bring Piazza Angelo and Trinity
Place to life.”

The ceremony, which took place on Thursday, May 18, was attended by
Yvonne Sangiacomo, the Sangiacomo family, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee,
former mayor Willie Brown, artist Lawrence Argent, designing architect
Bernardo Fort-Brescia, and more than 300 friends and dignitaries. The
ceremony was capped off by legendary singer Frankie Avalon serenading
Yvonne Sangiacomo and the audience with a performance that included his
1959 classic hit single, “Venus.”

Trinity Place — located in the heart of San Francisco’s burgeoning
Mid-Market district, home to tech innovators Twitter, Square, Dolby Labs
and Uber — is the vision of San Francisco real estate developer Angelo
Sangiacomo, who purchased the 4.5-acre site in 1977, began construction
of Trinity Place in 2007, and welcomed the first residents in 2010.
Sangiacomo, who passed away in December 2015 at the age of 91, was an
early catalyst of the dramatic changes in the Mid-Market area. He
created the piazza and its art collection as a lasting gift to his
beloved San Francisco.

Designed by Bernardo Fort-Brescia of the internationally-acclaimed
architecture firm Arquitectonica, Trinity Place comprises four high-rise
apartment buildings surrounding a central courtyard that will serve as a
public gathering place and walkway connecting Mission and Market streets.

The centerpiece of the piazza is the astonishing Venus, Argent’s
modern interpretation of the Venus de Milo. Graceful and
expressive, the statue is made of 2,500 stainless steel panels welded
together by skilled artisans using a highly specialized technique that
renders all seams undetectable.

Other pieces at Trinity Place include a modern interpretation of The
Three Graces set among scattered stones meant to evoke images of
treasures slowly unearthed; a 20-seat Carrara marble table carved from a
single 23-foot slab where people can gather for lunch or to meet
friends; seven-foot glass bollards weighing 10,000 pounds each with
illuminated hollow centers showcasing sculptures within the glass; a
nine-foot white marble dove; bronze gates patterned to replicate the
street map of ancient Genoa; and an intricately designed mosaic path
through the piazza, connecting Market Street to Mission Street.

“It’s very exciting and very moving to see Angelo’s vision come to
fruition at Trinity Place nearly 40 years after he purchased the site,”
said Walter Schmidt, CEO of Trinity Properties. “Angelo loved San
Francisco and knew that the Mid-Market area had the potential to return
to the grandeur of its heyday. This was his final project, and a very
personal one. It’s a great honor to bring Piazza Angelo and Trinity
Place to life.”

For more information, following is a link to the Trinity Place press kit: